Catalog Number: ZR 3854

Produced by Frank Zappa

 

FZ: lead guitar, vocals 

Captain Beefheart: harp, vocals, shopping bags 

George Duke: keyboards, vocals 

Napoleon Murphy Brock: sax, vocals 

Bruce Fowler: trombone, fantastic dancing 

Tom Fowler: bass, also dancing 

Denny Walley: slide guitar, vocals 

Terry Bozzio: drums

Chester Thompson: drums (on 200 Years Old and Cucamonga) 

Robert "Frog" Camarena: vocals on Debra Kadabra

 

Recorded Live at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin Texas 20th & 21st of May 1975. 'Plus Selected Studio Wonderment'. 

Remote recording by The Record Plant, L.A.

Overdubs and mixing at The Record Plant, L.A.

200 Years Old, Cucamonga and Muffin Man intros were recorded in January and February, 1974 at The Record Plant, L.A.

Engineered by Mike Braunstein, Kelly Kotera, Mike Stone, Davey Moire and Frank Hubach

 

Photography by John Williams

Design by Cal Schenkel

Special thanks to the kitchen staff at The Armadillo, especially Jan Beeman